Adrien Brody Cries as He Invokes Father, Praises Girlfriend Georgina Chapman's 'Resilience' in Golden Globes Acceptance Speech

Mar. 15, 2025

Adrien Brody on Jan. 5, 2025.Photo:CBS

CBS

Adrien Brodyshouted out hisgirlfriendGeorgina Chapmanand his parents at the 2025Golden Globe Awards!

As Brody, 51, accepted the Sunday, Jan. 5 ceremony’s award for best dramatic movie actor for his performance inThe Brutalist, the actor took the stage at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles and thanked Chapman, 48, as well as his parents for their impact on his life.

“To my beautiful and amazing partner Georgina, your generosity of spirit, your own resilience, your immense creativity are a daily reminder of how to be,” Brody said in his speech as he appeared to tear up. “I would not be standing here before you if it wasn’t for you. There was a time not too long ago that I felt that this may never be a moment afforded to me again, so thank you.”

Elsewhere in Brody’s speech, the actor credited his parents as they looked on in the room, saying, “Oh my goodness, you always hold me up.” “I often credit my mother for her influence on me as an artist but dad, you are the foundation of this family, and all the love I receive flows back to you,” he said.

“This story is really the character’s journey is very reminiscent of my mother’s and my ancestral journey of fleeing the horrors of war coming to this great country and you know, I owe so much to my mother and my grandparents for their sacrifice,” he added. “Although I do not know fully how to express all of the challenges that you have faced and experienced and the many people who have struggled immigrating to this country, I hope that this work stands to lift you up and to give you a voice. I’m so grateful. I will cherish this moment forever, thank you.”

Alessandro Nivola and Adrien Brody in ‘The Brutalist’.A24/Lol Crawley

A24/Lol Crawley

Brody, 51, leadsThe Brutalistas László Tóth, a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who emigrates to the U.S. to flee the Holocaust. Last nominated for a Golden Globe for 2002’sThe Pianist, he also won the Best Actor Oscar for that film. His new historical drama, from director and co-writer Brady Corbet, came into the Golden Globes ceremony with seven nods, including for supporting starsFelicity JonesandGuy Pearce.

Timothée Chalamet in ‘A Complete Unknown’.Searchlight Pictures/Youtube

Searchlight Pictures/Youtube

Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in ‘Queer’.Yannis Drakoulidis

Yannis Drakoulidis

Craig, 56, starred in Luca Guadagnino’s William S. Burroughs adaptationQueeropposite Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman and Lesley Manville. Filmed in betweenKnives Outinstallments, the dramatic period piece marked Craig’s third nomination from the Golden Globes, plus a Critics Choice nomination andwinfrom the National Board of Review.

Colman Domingo in ‘Sing Sing’.A24

A24

Appearing at the Golden Globes for the second year in a row following his nominated work as Bayard Rustin inRustin, Domingo, 55, is racking up awards recognition for his work as the formerly incarcerated John “Divine G” Whitfield inSing Sing. The Emmy winner and Oscar nominee’s performance has earned love from the Gotham Awards, Critics Choice Awards, and Film Independent Spirit Awards in addition to the Globe nod.

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Ralph Fiennes in ‘Conclave’.Courtesy of Focus Features

Courtesy of Focus Features

The Globe recognition for Fiennes, 62, is one of many for the papal dramaConclave, which earned six nods including for director Edward Berger and supporting actressIsabella Rossellini. Adapted from Robert Harris' hit novel, the film imagines a series of twists in the modern-day Vatican City. Fiennes, a two-time Oscar nominee, now has seven total acting nods from the Golden Globes — with still no wins.

Stan, 42, went into this year’s Golden Globes a leading man nominee two times over, for playing both an actor undergoing transformation inA Different Manand a young Donald Trump in director Ali Abbasi’s biopicThe Apprentice. Both constitute the Marvel star’s second and third nods from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Sebastian Stan in ‘The Apprentice’.Briarcliff Entertainment

Briarcliff Entertainment

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